Public expenditures

1899/1900
An ACT regulating appointment of assessors of lands and lots in the county of Warwick, and providing compensation for same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 15, and to repeal section 11 of an act entitled an act to create Fairmount district, in Fairfield magisterial district, in the county of Henrico, etc.
An ACT to incorporate the Pulaski and Giles insurance company
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the Danville and Riverside railway company, approved January 30, 1896.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 28, 1890, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved February 3, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 61 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 9, 1890, as amended by an act approved March 30, 1887, as amended by an act approved May 21, 1887, to amend and re-enact section 12 of said chapter 61 of the code of 1873, which is section 1196 of the code of Virginia, in relation to turnpike companies, approved March 5, 1896.
An ACT for the relief of the sureties of L. C. Thomas, late treasurer of Mathews county.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Warwick county to compensate the treasurer uf said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Richmond and Tidewater railroad company, approved March 3, 1898.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 21 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Farmville, approved February 10, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1, 13, and 21 of the charter of the town of Farmville, approved February 20, 1900.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Henrico county, Virginia, to adopt sanitary rules and regulations for that portion of the said county lying within three-fourths of a mile of the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, approved February 20, 1896, as amended by an act approved January 8, 1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 8 of said act above stated.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Leesburg and Point of Rocks turnpike company and to confirm its title to certain road-bed.
An ACT for the relief of George W. Koontz, treasurer of Shenandoah county, and to authorize the auditor of public accounts to credit said treasurer with lost school warrant.
An ACT to incorporate the Wise terminal company.
An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Norfolk heat, light and power company.
An ACT to amend section 4 of an act approved February 20, 1886, entitled an act to determine to whom the title of the Falmouth bridge, in the county of Stafford, shall be conveyed, and to confirm the purchase of the same, and for other purposes.
An ACT for the relief of S. H. Minter, J. H. Gilbert, J. N. Walker, and James L. Ingram, wounded and needy Confederate soldiers.
An ACT for the relief of Samuel Mills, a disabled Confederate soldier.
An ACT for the relief of Alexander Woodall, a Confederate soldier, of Henry county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 4, 1896, Vitel an act to provide for the working of roads in Fauquier county.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Botetourt county to issue bonds for the purpose of redeeming the outstanding bonds of said county.
An ACT to repeal section 8 of an act approved February 11, 1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 598 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 8, 1894, entitled an act in relation to making and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Alexandria county, as amended by an act approved March 38, 1896, and to prohibit the use of money derived from the sale of bonds under an act approved December 19, 1899, from being used in the construction, making, or opening new roads, and providing that all work done and materials required upon the said roads shall be by contract after advertisement, and the same let to the lowest responsible bidder; and to authorize the board of supervisors to levy a tax not exceeding fifty cents upon the one hundred dollars’ value of such property; and providing how the money derived from the sale of the said bonds, under the act approved December 19, 1899, shall be expended and apportioned among the magisterial districts of the county, and to authorize the board of supervisors to employ a competent civil engineer, and to authorize the judge of the county court to appoint a board of audit, and to prescribe their duties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3, chapter 743, of the acts of 1893 and 1894, in relation to time of assessing for taxation of oysters, shells, etc.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to extend and define the boundaries of the city of Lynchburg, approved December 19, 1870, so as to further extend the boundaries of the said city, provided it assume a just proportion of the bonded debt of Campbell county; and to provide for the ascertainment, by the Circuit Court of the said city, or of the said county, of the amount of the bonded debt of the said county which the said city should assume.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockbridge county to fix the compensation of the overseer of the poor of Lexington magisterial district, in the said county.
An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Norfolk-Hampton Roads company.
An ACT to incorporate the James river railway company.
An ACT to provide for the payment out of the treasury for losses sustained by destruction of property and expenses incurred to prevent the spread of small-pox from an epidemic of that disease prevalent in Indian reservation of the Pamunkey tribe of Indians.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act authorizing the board of supervisors of each county in the state to levy a tax on dogs, and to enforce collection of said tax, with certain penalties, in case of failure to pay the same, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1896, as to Prince William and Shenandoah counties.
An ACT to allow Thomas W. Taylor to construct a movable boom across Pamunkey river.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Scott county to lay levies to pay all outstanding road warrants.
An ACT for the relief of the Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 and section 11 of an act of the general assembly, entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Winchester, approved April 2, 1874, as amended in the eleventh section thereof by an act approved February 26, 1896.
An ACT authorizing cities and towns to make city and town levies.
An ACT to authorize the several district school boards of the county of Nansemond to expend any part of the surplus district school fund for pay of teachers.
An ACT for the relief of Mary English, widow of a Confederate soldier.
An ACT to incorporate the West Norfolk telephone and telegraph company.
An ACT to provide for the repair, maintenance, construction, and permanent improvement of the public roads of Henrico county; to purchase toll roads; to raise revenue therefor, and create a commission to have charge of the same; to authorize the board of supervisors of said county to borrow money therefor by the issue of bonds, and to authorize the qualified voters of said county to vote on the question of issuing bonds.
An ACT to authorize and empower the county and corporation courts of the commonwealth, to suspend any treasurer of any county or city, whenever it shall appear from the report of the auditor of public accounts, the board of supervisors, or otherwise, the said treasurer, clerk, or other officer has failed to make settlement or pay over the amount found by such auditor, board of supervisors, &c., to be due from such treasurer, clerk, or other officer, as the law directs; and to authorize and empower said court, or the judge thereof in vacation, to appoint some person to discharge the duties of such treasurer, clerk, or other officer, until settlement and payment aforesaid is made.
An ACT to provide for the relief of ‘battery “C,” first battalion artillery, Virginia volunteers (Grimes battery), Norfolk and Virginia Beach railway company, Dr. R. S. Spilman, C. R. Warren, W. E. Simons, for services rendered in aid of the civil authorities of the commonwealth of Virginia in preventing the spread of yellow fever.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Norfolk county to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing additional real estate for the use of the Norfolk county ferries and for enlarging the clerk’s office.
An ACT to authorize the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds to continue paving and grading of streets, for the erection of a public building, and to redeem certain bonds.
An ACT to renew, re-enact, and extend the charter of the Longdale iron company for the period of thirty years from the expiration thereof.
An ACT authorizing the auditor of public accounts to issue a warrant to F. Sale and J. W. Austin for the payment of twenty-five dollars for services rendered by them in making an autopsy on the body of Edward Smith, deceased.
An ACT to authorize the town of Berryville to execute a deed of trust on the water-works of said town for the purpose of providing additional security for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds of said town to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Smyth county to issue bonds, etc.
An ACT to incorporate the Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown railroad company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 13, and 21 of an act entitled an act to provide for a new charter for the town of Farmville
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Pulaski county to increase the levy in the school districts of Dublin, Newbern, and Pulaski, im said county, for school purposes.
An ACT authorizing the council of the town of Hampton to burrow money and issue bonds therefor to the amount of thirty thousand dollars.
An ACT to create Fairmount district, in Fairfield magisterial district, in the county of Henrico; to provide for the establishment of a board of improvement commissioners; to empower them to make a special levy on the property of said Fairmount district, and to disburse same and road tax or levy, made by the supervisors of Henrico county, on the property of said Fairmount district; to prescribe the method whereby said funds shall come within their control, and to authorize and direct the use of said funds for lights, sewerage, and other improvements of a public nature.
An ACT to authorize the county school board of Prince George county to pay the treasurer for disbursing school fund.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1243 of the code, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 1243 of the code so as to allow the counties of Floyd, Carroll, and Grayson to subscribe to the capital stock of the Blue Ridge railroad company,” approved February 17, 1898.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the town of Berkley, in the county of Norfolk'
An ACT to direct and authorize county and corporation courts to strike from the lists of lands returned delinquent for non-payment of taxes, levies, &c., such as are erroneously thereon.
An ACT to incorporate the Whitlock-Hanson pump-dredge company; to define its powers and privileges.
An ACT providing a charter for the town of West Clifton Forge, in the county of Alleghany.
An ACT for the relief of James L. Arthur, a disabled Confederate soldier.
An ACT authorizing and empowering the Washington and Alexandria turnpike company to dispose of its property and surrender its charter and franchises.
An ACT to provide payment out of the public treasury to Stafford county of the amount of criminal expenses erroneously paid by said county.
An ACT to authorize the Low Moor iron company of Virginia to construct and use a railway to cross the county roads on Jackson's river and Pott’s creek, in Alleghany county.
An ACT for the relief of J. P. Bartlett, a disabled Confederate soldier.
An ACT for the relief of Lafanty Ball, a disabled Confederate soldier.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of the county of Richmond
An ACT to compensate school trustees, other than clerks, in the county of Montgomery.
An ACT to incorporate the Snickersville telephone company.
An ACT to compensate school trustees, other than clerks, in Richmond county.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Elizabeth City county to borrow money by the issue of bonds, to pay off indebtedness incurred on account of expenditures for small-pox, and improvements to public roads of said county.
An ACT for the relief of R. B. Seay, late treasurer of Lunenburg county, and his deputies.
An ACT to authorize the council of the city of Fredericksburg to apportion the expense of street and other local improvements between the city treasury and the real estate benefited thereby.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23 of an act entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and on licenses to transact business and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required, approved March 6, 1890, and also to amend and re-enact section 25 of the same act as amended by an act approved March 3, 1898, so as to impose an additional tax upon telegraph and express companies.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Giles county to issue bonds of the county instead of county warrants, in settlement of a contract with Virginia bridge and iron company, for the construction of a bridge at Ripplemead, Giles county, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the New River, Holston and western railroad company.
An ACT to authorize and empower the school board of Battletown district, Clarke county, to borrow money to erect a school-house.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Albemarle county to issue bonds of the said county for the purpose of erecting bridges therein.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Lipps district, in Wise county, to issue bonds to the amount of $4,000 to erect and equip school building at Coeburn, in Wise county.
An ACT to incorporate the Brock’s Gap railroad company.
An ACT to provide for the settlement with West Virginia of the proportion of the public debt of the original state of Virginia proper to be borne by West Virginia, and for the due protection of the commonwealth of Virginia in the premises.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk gas, light and fuel company of Norfolk, Virginia.
An ACT for the relief of Johnson & Early, assignees of C. M. Edwards.
An ACT to incorporate the Piedmont railway company.
An ACT declaring Birch creek, in Halifax county, to be a highway.
An ACT for the relief of Charles W. Shumaker, a Confederate soldier.
An ACT for the relief of Eliza A. Tinder, a Confederate soldier's widow.
An ACT for the relief of J. S. Parson, a Confederate soldier, of Rockbridge county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 17 of the charter of the city of Portsmouth, approved March 6, 1882, as amended by an act approved February 23, 1894, and as amended by an act approved January 27, 1898.
An ACT to compensate school trustees, other than clerks of district school boards, in Sussex and Greenesville counties, and also to compensate the clerk and members of the county school board.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 7 and 17 of an act approved February 20, 1892, in relation to the settlement of the public debt of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 25, 1898, extending the time for the funding of the outstanding evidences of debt due by the commonwealth not heretofore funded under the acts approved February 14, 1882, and February 20, 1892, as amended.
An ACT regulating appointment of assessors of lands and lots in the county of Warwick, and providing compensation for same.
An ACT to incorporate the Newport News general hospital association.
An ACT for the relief of P. D. Divers, treasurer of the county of Franklin, directing and empowering the auditor of public accounts to issue in his behalf a duplicate of a lost warrant.
An ACT to provide for the indexing of deeds and other records in Wise, Dickenson, and Buchanan county.
An ACT to incorporate the colonial coal and coke company.
An ACT to incorporate the Saltville railway company.
An ACT to empower and instruct the board of sinking fund commissioners to sell the state’s interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, and to repeal an act entitled ‘‘an act to empower and instruct the board of sinking fund commissioners to sell the state's interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company and to invest the proceeds of sale in century bonds
An ACT to authorize the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds to construct sewerage and to continue the paving and grading the streets in the fifth ward.
An ACT to authorize the mayor and the council of the town of Smithfield to borrow money by issuing bonds for a sum not to exceed three thousand dollars to pave and repair the streets, and to build a jail for the town.
An ACT to incorporate Bay Shore terminal company.
An ACT to give the consent of the commonwealth to the purchase or acquisition of real estate by the United States government, in the city of Portsmouth, for a site of a public building for the accommodation of the United States post-office, internal revenue, and other offices.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 22, chapter 95, acts of assembly of 1876-’77, of an act approved February 17, 1877, entitled an act to provide for working and keeping the public roads in order in Clarke county.
An ACT to provide a road law for Rappahannock county.